Adrian Favell

The Human Face of Global Mobility

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Drawing on the work of a long-standing discussion group at the Center for Comparative and Global Research of UCLAs International Institute, contributions to The Human Face of Global Mobility explore the reality behind assumptions about new global migration trends. Articles challenge widely held views about the elite characteristics of these migrants, the costs and consequences of the brain drain said to follow from the migration of skilled workers, the determinants of national policies on high skilled migrants, and the presumed effortlessness of professional mobility in an integrating world. The volume also sheds new light on international st… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Smith, Michael Peter

ISBN: 978-1-4128-0520-9
EAN: 9781412805209
Produktnummer: 1504544
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 322 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 600 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 600

Über den Autor

Michael Peter Smith is professor of community studies at the University of California, Davis. He has published extensively on urban theory, globalization, and transnationalism including Transnationalism from Below and City and Nation (both available through Transaction) and Transnational Urbanism. Adrian Favell is associate professor of sociology at UCLA. He is the author of Philosophies of Integration, and has published widely on migration in Europe, citizenship, the integration of immigrants, and on social theory.